Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Youth: 286 Films to Buy & Rent
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
- Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter
- Crowd–pleasing suburban fairy tale replays the ugly duckling motif and kitsch comedy from STRICTLY BALLROOM, but gone is the modest charm…
Pcu: Pit Party (1994)
- Dir. Hart Bochner
Feat. Jeremy Piven, David Spade, Jessica Walter…
- Boisterous, ANIMAL HOUSE–style campus comedy takes an unabashed poke at that '90s catch–cry – 'political correctness'. Beer…
Reality Bites (1994)
- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller
- This 'Gen X' movie works as romantic comedy but falls short of its mandate to be a mouthpiece for contemporary youth. Redeemed by the…
Stoned Age, The (1994)
- Dir. James Melkonian
Feat. Michael Kopelow, Bradford Tatum
- PC–free teen comedy set in the hazy '70s is no DAZED AND CONFUSED but it is entertaining in a knucklehead kinda way. Plot involves two friends…
Threesome (1994)
- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin, Josh Charles
- Despite its prurient title, there is much more meat and maturity in this this 'Gen–X' romantic sandwich than the higher profile REALITY BITES.…
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes
- Ingenious post–script to the tired NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. franchise in which castmembers of the previous films (playing themselves), too, become…
Clerks (1993)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes…
- Made for $27,000 in the convenience store where the director (then) worked, this follows a rude and bizarre day in the lives of two lowly grocery…
Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Matthew McConaughey…
- Set on campus in 1976, this is a marvellous youth–movie/nostalgia–trip which treats the hopelessly insignificant as a source of constant…
Heartbreak Kid, The (1993)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. Alex Dimitriades
- Alex Dimitriades plays a hunky college student who becomes romantically entangled with his 22–year–old teacher. Sensitively drawn…
My Father, the Hero (1993)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Lauren Hutton
- Innocuous English language retread of MON PERE CE HEROS, with Gerard Depardieu in the title role he played in the original.